Baby Found Alone in Apartment Complex Hallway

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

Baby Found Alone in Apartment Complex Hallway

BRECKENRIDGE HILLS, Mo. – Police are trying to find the parents or guardians of a baby found alone in an apartment building Friday morning at about 5 a.m. in Breckenridge Hills, Mo., which is about 16 miles northwest of St. Louis.

The baby boy is between four and six months old. He was found in a hallway inside a building at the Hickory Chase Apartments by a tenant leaving the apartment building. The tenant spotted the baby in a car seat in the hallway with a bottle.

Police interviewed some residents in the building who said they had never seen the baby. Police believe he was left there sometime between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

He is now being cared for by the Missouri Department of Family Services.